# Meerapur Village, Chunar, Mirzapur (Uttar Pradesh)

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Village · Chunar, Mirzapur 

# Meerapur

Meerapur is a village in Chunar sub-district of Mirzapur district, Uttar Pradesh. The 2011 Census counted **1,287 people in 216 households**, the 188th largest of 536 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 64.3%, below the sub-district's rural average of 70.5%.

- 1,287people (2011)
- 216households
- 64.3%literacy
- 901females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Meerapur

Of every 100 households in Meerapur in 2011, 43 had electricity, 18 a toilet at home and 3 cooked with LPG; 54 had a mobile phone, 14 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Meerapur · ■ Chunar rural average

Electricity for lighting ****43%**

**36%

Toilet within the home ****18%**

**27%

No toilet (open defecation) ****82%**

**72%

Tap water ****3%**

**3%

Drinking water within premises ****12%**

**25%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****3%**

**7%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****96%**

**91%

Use banking services ****81%**

**73%

Television ****34%**

**41%

Mobile phone ****54%**

**60%

Computer with internet ****1%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****14%**

**17%

Car / jeep / van ****0%**

**2%

None of these assets ****7%**

**8%

Own their home ****100%**

**99%

Source: [Census of India 2011, Houselisting and Housing Census – households by amenities and assets (HH-14)](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

## What is the population of Meerapur?

■ Meerapur · ■ Chunar rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****64.3%**

**70.5%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****901**

**916

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****843**

**902

Working population ****33.5%**

**36.8%

### Women and men

Literacy is 73.1% for men and 54.6% for women. 41% of men and 26% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 78 (18%) · **■** Farm labourers 23 (5%) · **■** Household industry 2 (0%) · **■** Other work 114 (26%) · **■** Marginal 214 (50%)

Source: [Census of India 2011, Primary Census Abstract (town, village and ward level), all districts](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

## Other villages of similar size in Chunar

- Baluwa Bajahur1,304 people
- Mamolapur1,300 people
- Lorhawa1,291 people
- Bhaurahi1,287 people
- Semra1,282 people
- Achitpur1,280 people
- Chandauli1,271 people
- Kavwasath1,259 people

[All 620 villages in Chunar](https://wherepedia.org/india/uttar-pradesh/mirzapur/chunar/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Meerapur?1,287 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Meerapur in?Mirzapur district (Chunar sub-district), Uttar Pradesh
- What is the literacy rate of Meerapur?64.3% (Census 2011)